Comments on: How to make a blog kid safe? http://hosting3.net/blog-hosting/how-to-make-a-blog-kid-safe/ Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 12 Jul 2010 18:41:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Chris G http://hosting3.net/blog-hosting/how-to-make-a-blog-kid-safe/comment-page-1/#comment-5614 Chris G Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:11:43 +0000 http://hosting3.net/blog-hosting/how-to-make-a-blog-kid-safe/#comment-5614 In the United States, I think online child protection laws prohibit you from collecting any data from someone under the age of 14. In China and Japan I think the age is 18 (or 19). You need to study the laws to ensure you are not jeopardizing yourself or your users. To be frank - there is no way to create a 100% safe online environment, but there are ways to combat against online predators and the like... Some of those ways can be seen in many community driven sites and even here on Yahoo Answers. Things like allowing the community to flag potential offenders as unsafe. In the United States, I think online child protection laws prohibit you from collecting any data from someone under the age of 14. In China and Japan I think the age is 18 (or 19). You need to study the laws to ensure you are not jeopardizing yourself or your users.

To be frank – there is no way to create a 100% safe online environment, but there are ways to combat against online predators and the like…

Some of those ways can be seen in many community driven sites and even here on Yahoo Answers. Things like allowing the community to flag potential offenders as unsafe.

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